Commission: 'No Compelling Medical Reason' For US Military Transgender Ban -- The Guardian
* US armed forces prohibit transgender Americans from serving
* Group: Obama could lift ban without Congress’s approval
An independent commission led by a former US surgeon general has concluded there “is no compelling medical reason” for the US armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving and that President Barack Obama could lift the decades-old ban without approval from Congress, according to a report being released Thursday.
The report said department of defense regulations designed to keep transgender people from joining or remaining in the military on the grounds of psychological and physical unfitness are based on outdated beliefs that require thousands of current service members either to leave the service or to forego the medical procedures and other changes that could align their bodies and gender identities.
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More News On The Report That Advocates That The U.S. Military Should Admit Transgender Americans From Serving
Commission Finds ‘No Compelling Medical Reason’ To Exclude Transgender Americans From Military -- CBS/AP
Ban on transgender troops comes under scrutiny after soldier, 41, stationed in Kuwait is put on leave for transitioning to live as a woman -- Daily Mail
Expert commission to President Obama: Drop the military’s bigoted ban on transgender service members -- Salon
Fight to let transgender soldiers serve -- MSNBC
My Comment: This is not your grandpa's army anymore. As to the person who headed this report .... former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders has an interesting history.
Wow ... even former President Clinton found her to be too much. Here is an easy prediction .... this is going to be the next big U.S. military story for the news media to push for the next few months/years.
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